Female Twin Figure (Ère Ìbejì) Artist: Akíyọdé of Abẹ́òkúta (Yorùbá, died ca. 1945)

late 19th–early 20th century

African Art

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Wood, glass beads, and fiber

Dimensions

9 3/4 × 3 × 2 3/4 in. (24.8 × 7.6 × 7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Carol B. and Jerome P. Kenney

Accession Number

2022.18.11

Geography

Ibara, Abeokuta, Ògùn State, Nigeria

Culture

Yorùbá

Classification

Sculpture

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Provenance
With Galerie Kamer (Hélène Leloup, formerly Kamer, and Henri Kamer), Paris and New York by 1967; sold to Ruth Anspach and Ernst Anspach (1913–2002), New York, June 1967 (0947 a and b) [see note 1]; sold to Carol Brock Kenney (born 1947) and Jerome Paul Kenney (1941–2019), New York, June 1989; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2022

Note 1: Ernst Anspach was a German economist and lawyer celebrated for his African art collection which he and his wife, Ruth, built over 30 years. In 1967 highlights from his collection were exhibited at the Museum of Primitive Art in New York. Carol and Jerome Kenney acquired a significant portion of his collection in 1989.
Bibliography
  • James Green et al., Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2022), 86–88, 226, fig. 55
  • Wilson P. Foss, Nigerian Splendor: A Checklist of the Exhibition, exh. cat. (Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College, 1980),
Object copyright
Copyright Undetermined
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Subject

twins women

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